Tran Vinh San

Tran Vinh San was a general of the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam.

Biography
Tran Vinh San was born in Thanh Hoa, and became a general of the Nguyen Dynasty. Tran took command of an army of Vietnamese troops and fought the Qing Dynasty in the War of Chinese Aggression against Dai Nam, but he was repeatedly defeated, and was finally crushed at the Battle of Son La on 9 April 1837, when his army of 3,253 troops was wiped out, while the 20,349-strong Chinese 2nd Green Standard Army suffered 947 losses.